Grace Darling was born on November 24, 1815, in Bamburgh, England.
Grace Horsley Darling was born on November 24, 1815, in Bamburgh, Northumberland. She was the seventh child of William and Thomasin Darling, a lighthouse-keeping family. Growing up in the lighthouse environment on the Farne Islands, she developed a keen sense of duty, which prepared her for her future act of heroism.